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“ T m , I will go,* "And when are they coming back?” he “ There’s a good lass. Give us a kiss, asked, in bewildermeut. my girl. You have the right spirit in “ They are not coming back.” Iu an address on "Education In Eng “ Impossible !” Tom cried in despair. you. I ’ ll let you know when the train goes to-morrow, anO 1 will write to my “ What is their address then?” land" the Huu. W hltelaw Reid said “ They have left no address. I a in sor father to expect you. Now, off with you, that although a good many so-called or you'll have them gossipiug downstairs. ry I can’t help you. Good-night, sir.” “ frills '' are provided by the English Tom Dimadale stood upon the door Good-night !'* elementary schools, they are not per step looking blankly into the night. He “ Good-night, Mister Ezra," said the mitted to take the place o f essentials. ft!t dazed aud bewildered. What fresh girl, with her hand upon the handle of “ W hatever else a London child may villainy was this? Was it a confirma the library d«>or. “ You’ ve made my heart learn at a ‘provided school' (lu Am eri tion of the German’s report, or was it a glad this night. I live in hope— ever in contradiction of it? Cold beads stood hepe.” can parlance, a common school), be upou his forehead as he thought of the must and does learn to read, w rite and “ I wonder what she hopes about,” the possibility of such a thing. “ 1 must find cipher." "N oth ing Is apt to strike an young merchant said to himself as she her,” he cried, with clenched hauds, and American more, when be comes to know closed the door behind her. “ Hopes I'll turned away heartsick into the turmoil the product o f English elementary marry her, 1 suppose. She must be of a and bustle of thg London streets. very sanguine disposition. A girl like schools, than tb elr thoroughness In A. C O N A N DOYLE that might be invaluable down at Beds- these essentials." Thoughtful Amerl- C H A PTE R X III. worth. I f we bad no other need for her, eaus are struck by the success o f Eu- Rebecca, the fresh-complexioned wait she would be an excellent spy.” He lay roireau elementary schools In teuebing ing maid, was still standing behind the for some little time on the couch with essentials, because they are accustomed ponderous hall door, listening, with a bent brow and purse«] lips, musing over smile upon her face, to young Diinsdale’s the possibilities o f the future. to a considerable lack o f success In this retreating footsteps, when another and a respect on the part o f American schools. While this dialogue had been going on C H A P T E R N I L — (Continued.) brisker tread caught her ear coming from iiiythe library of Eccleston square,, Tom Im p r o v in g (h e Farm Hom e. I t is a pardonable breach o f confidence “ Cut down! You don’t mean to say the opposite direction. The smile died W h ile most farm homes are lacking Dimsdale was still wending bis way home to say that the “ Companion” receives you are paid in proportion to the rotten away as she heard it, end her features wards with a feeling of weight in his In the conveniences that make for many letters, the substance o f which ness of the ships?” ussumed a peculiar expression, in which shows that the w riters are lntcllectu- | ‘‘There ain’t no use makin' a secret of it would be hard to say whether fear or mind and a presentiment of misfortune comfort. It is possible for them to have ally alert and have been to school, but it among friends.” said Miggs. “ That’s pleasure predominated. She passed her which overshadowed liis whole soul. In ] many o f these conveniences at a small just how the land lies with us. A voy vain he assured himself that this disap- cost. Ofttim es the tnau o f the house which are Inuccurate and essentially age or two back I spoke to Mr. Girdle hands up over her face and smoothed her peuranee of Kate's was but temporary, does not consider how very Inconven “ uneducated" in style and spelling. stone, and 1 says to him, says I, ‘Give the hair with a quick, nervous gesture, glanc and that the rumor of an engagement be There Is no reason for desperate lam ship an overhauling,’ says I. 'Well and ing down at the same time at her snowy tween her and Ezra wns too ridiculous to ient the woman has It. so cannot see the necessity o f putting In Improve entation over the fact, and this is not good,’ says he, ‘but it will mean so much apron aud the. bright ribbons which set b«* believed for a moment. Argue it as he ments In the house, while with hls own the place to suggest revisions o f the off your wage,* says he, 'and the mate’s it off. Whatever her intentions may have would, the same dead, horrible feeling of been, she had uo time to improve upon impending trouble weighed upon him. Im work he Is fu lly alive to the value of school system or to offer technical ad- wage as well.’ 1 put it to him straight her toilet before a key turned in the door labor-saving devices. vice on education; but it Is Important and strong, but he stuck at that. So and Ezra Girdlestone stepped into the possible as it was to imagine that Kate How many steps the housewife must to Insist on the fact, and to -keep It Sandy and me, we put our heads together, hall. As he saw her shadowy figure, for was false to him, it was strange that on nud we ’greed it wus better to talfe fifteen the very day that this rumor reached his take in her dally tasks that might be continuously before the minds o f par the gas W ’as low, he uttered a hoarse cry pounds and the risk, then come down to ears she should «Nsap|M»ar from London. saved with a little rearranging of the of surprise and fear, aud staggered back ents and teachers. European schools twelve pounds and safety.” How bitterly lie regretted now that he kitchen and other rooms o f the house! are harassed by many problems o f ad- j “ It is scandalous!” cried Tom Dims- wards against the door post. had allowed himself to be persuaded by “ Don’t be afeared, Mister Ezra,” she John Girdlestone into censing to communi For Instance, the cistern or well Is usu ministration and ownership from which dale hotly. “ I could not have believed ally located at some distance from the said in a whisper; “ it’s only me.” Am erica has alw ays happily been free. it.” cate yith her. He began to realize that house and the woman is the one who "W h at makes you stand about like “ It's done every day, and will be while he had been duped, and that all these W e have plenty o f money to pay for usually has to carry the water. A t a that? You gave me quite a turn.” specious promises as to a future consent good schools; In almost every communi ihere is insurance money to be gained,” “ 1 didn’t mean for to do it. I ’ve only to their union had been so many baits to small cost a pump can be placed In the si.id Miggs. “ It ’s au easy thing to turn ty the taxpayer gives the school com a few thousands a year while there are just been answering of the door. Why, amuse him while the valuable present was kitchen, so that with the same amount mittee what It ask« for. Yet notwith old ships to be bought, and offices which surely you’ ve come in before now aud slipping away. Whdt could he do now to o f pumping she can get the water with standing the freedom and generosity will insure them above their value. There found me in the hall without making repair the past? His only course was to out walking for It. Then, too, a sink which our schools enjoy, they do not was D’Arcy Campbell, of the Silvertown much account o f it.” wait for the morrow, and see whether the conveniently located In the kitchen Is succeed as they should, and we have -what a trade that man d id ! He was “ Ah, lass,” answered Ezra, “ my nerves senior partner would appear at the offices. a convenience often lacking In the farm many lessons to learn from the common smart! Collisions was his line, and he have had a shake of late. I ’ve felt queer If he did so, the young man was deter bouse. mined to have an understanding with him. schools o f the enlightened parts o f Eu worked ’em well. There warn’ t a skip all day. Look how my hand shakes.” It Is now possible to arrange a w a “ Well, I'm blessed!” said the girl with So downcast was Tom that, on arriv ter supply In the bouse at a compara rope. Improvement w ill surely come if per out of Liverpool as could get run a titter, turning up the gas. “ 1 never ing at Phillimore Gardens he would have all questions o f school administration down as nat’ ral as he could.” thought to see you afeard of anything. slipped off to his room at once had he tively small cost so that running wa “ Get run down?” and system are baaed upon the .postu ter, both hot and cold, can be had In “ Aye. He’d go lolloping about iu the Why, you looks as w’hite as a sheet !*' not met his burly father upon the stairs. late that the business o f the common Channel if there w'as any fog on, steer “ There, that’s enough !” he answered “ Bed !” roared the old man upon hearing any part o f the house. T ills makes It schools la above all things to teach all ing for the lights o' any steamers or roughly. “ Well, are they gone?” his son’s proposition. ‘‘ Nothing of tbs possible to put In n bathroom— a lux children to read, to write, to cipher. “ Yes, they are gone,” she answered, sort, sir. Come down into the parlor. ury that has almost become a necessity headin’ round for all the fog whistles if it was too thick to see. Sooner or later, standing by the side of the couch on Your mother lias been waiting for you all with the city householder. “ Your the evening.” ;is sure as fate, he’d get cut down to the which he bad thrown himself. T o save the w ife ’s steps and her water's edge. It was a fine game! Half father came about three with a cab, and strength Is to save her health. Stop (T o be continued.) a yard o' print about his noble couduc' took her away.” and think bow many miles the house “ She didn’t make a fuss?” in the uewspapers, and maybe a leader w ife In the ordinary farm hpme must E L E P H A N T S A T T A C K MISSIONS, "Make a fuss? No, why should she? about the British tar and unexpected walk In preparing the three meals a emergencies. It once went the length o’ There's fuss enough made about her, in One o f the In con ven ien ces, o f F a rm « day. In all Justice the march o f agri all conscience. Oh, Ezra, before she got a subscription. 11a ! ha !'* Miggs laughed T o a writer for the New York Times In g In Centrnl Am erica. cultural Improvements should not over between us you was kind to me at times. until he choked. a French solJler expresses his amaze The Rev. Mr, Grantham, In charge o f look the w elfare o f the farm er’s better “ And what became of this British I could stand harsh words from you six ment at the ability o f the British sol *tar?” asked the German. days a week, if there was a chance of a the Wesleyan mission at Lomagundl, half. A little rearranging and Improv dier to shake hands with his enemy But now— sends particulars o f a raid made by a ing will easily make things more con “ He’s still about. He's in the passen kind one on the seventh. afte r a fight, whether he is conquered ger trade now.” now what notice do you take of me?” She herd o f elephants, which resulted In venient and add com fort and happi or a conqueror. lie declares that the “ There's many a way that it’ done, began to whimper and to wipe her eyes the loss o f life, according to the Rhode ness for all concerned.— Goodall’s Latin races have so little o f this virtue sir,” the mate added. “ There's loadin’ with a little discolored pocket handker sia Herald. Farmer. that they hardly uuderstand Its exist a cranky vessel wi’ grain in bulk without chief. H e says; “ I shall be glad if you will usin’ partition boards. I f you get a little A C lip fo r the l»lnes. “ Drop it, woman, drop it !*' cried her make knowu through the medium o f ence. Many drivin g accidents are the re One day the Frenchman, who was in water in, as you are bound to do with a companion testily. “ I want information, your paper the follow in g Incident and ship o’ that kind, the grain will swell not sniveling. She seemed reconciled to sult o f the lines getting under the South Africa during the Boer war, saw my comments on It in the hope that and swell until it bursts the seams open, go?” horse’s tall In such a manner that the two British officers walking through the public sentiment may be aroused against aud down ye go. Then there’s ignition o’ “ Yes, she went quiet enough,” the girl driver Is unable to camp with a Boer, all three engaged in coal gas aboard o’ steaniera. That’s a a condition o f things In which many said with a furtive sob. dislodge them, and earnest conversation. He turned aside safe game, for nobody can deny it. Ahd “ Did you bear my father say anything sufTer fo r the sake o f .a fad o f a few, in his efforts to do so as not to have to salute one who, he there are accidents to propellers. I f thy as to where they were going?” who share none o f the pilsery that so control o f the supposed, had come to give information shaft o' a propeller breaks in heavy “ 1 heard him tell the cabman to drive their hobby inflicts upon others. Tn animal is lost, la in regard to the Boer outposts. Pres weather it's a had lookout. I've knowu to Waterloo station.” May last the n ative gardens on this some Instances this ships leave the docks with their propel ently he met one o f the two officers. “ Nothing more?” farm suffered serious damage from the matter is provided “ Be sure to be on time for luncheon,” lers half sawn through all round. There’s “ No.” incursion o f a troop o f elephants that for by a guard “ Well, if he won’t tell you, I will. said the Englishman. ‘ ‘ W e’re going to uo end o’ the tricks o’ the trade.” " I cannot believe, however,” said Tom They have gone down to Hampshire, my visited seven nights In succession. In built on the car make a noble spread for the Boer you stoutly, “ that Mr. Girdlestone connives at lass. Bedsworth is the name of the place, this respect w e are not the only suffer riage or wagon saw with us.” such things.’’ and it is a pleasant little corner near the ers, fo r I am constaqtly hearing o f the which effectually The Frenchman’s anger broke out. “ He’s on the waitin’ lay,” the seaman sea. I want you to go down there as well same kind o f tiling throughout the maintains the lines He declared that he would not sit ar answered, “ lie doesn’t send ’em down, C U P FOB BEI NS. to-morrow.” neighborhood. W e have no lawful nt a [>oint above meat with a traitor. but he just hangs on, and keeps his in “ Want me to go?” means o f protecting our crops, and ap the horse out o f reach o f his tall. “ W ho’s a traitor?” retorted the offi surance up. He’s had some good hauls “ Yes, they need some one who is smart plications for damages are ignored. A woman is the designer and paten cer, much amaze<L “ The [>oor man’s that way, though not o’ late. There was and handy to keep house for them. There “ On Friday morning two old natives tee o f an invention o f the nature o f captured, and he’s had such beastly bad the Belinda at Cape Balmas. That was is some old woman already, I believe, but and a plccanin, who had been sleeping an attachment to the harness which luck, w e thought a lunch would cheer five thousand clear, if it was a penny. she is old and useless. I warrant you Aud the Socatoo— that was a bad busi wouldn’t take long getting things ship In a 8kerm erected in the lands, awoke accomplishes this object as well ns the him up.” ness! She was never heard of, nor her shape. My father intends to stay down to find that ten full grown elephants guard on the vehicle, and Is not nearly “ From that day,” remarked the clew. Went down at sea, and left no there some little time with Miss Ilarston.” and three calves were within a few so obtrusive. It is made o f metal and Frenchman afterw ard, saw what truce.” “ And how about you?” the girl asked, yards o f where they lay. The natives o f such a shape .as to he readily se made the British great. The Boer war “ The crew, too !*' Tom cried, with hor with a quick Hash of suspicion in her fled in terror, pursued by one o f the cured to that part o f the harness Im was carried on with the bitterest feel ror. “ But how nbout yourselves, if what dark eyes. beasts, which wns apparently enraged mediately over the horse’s haunches. ings betw'een the two nations. T o see you say is true?” “ Don’t trouble about me. I shall stay at the sight o f human beings in such A pair o f upturned clips hold the linos "W e are paid for the risk,” said both behind and mind the business. Some one the English now, building up the coun close proxim ity to the calves. T h e p io in a position where it is impossible for try In the same spirit that moved the the seamen, shrugging their shoulders. miist be on the spot. I think Cook and ‘‘ But there are government inspectors?” Jane and William ought to be able to look annin was ju st on the point o f being the horse to flirt his tall over them. officers o f that regiment, Is a wonder tusked, but saved himself by rushing “ H a ! h a! I daresay you’ve seen the after me among them.” to us Latins. ('a tt ic and H ide E x p o rt«. way some of them do their work,” said “ And I won’t see you at all?" the girl on hands and knees through the “ W e do not forget and forgive easily. Miggs. According to n British authority, branches o f a fallen tree. The elephant cried, with a quiver in her voice. When my Italian friends are annoyed “ Oh, yes, you shall. I ’ ll be down from tossed these aside, and continued In which conta»».s some tables on the sub Tom’s mind was filled with consterna with me, they still reproach me with tion at what he had heard. I f the A f Saturday to Monday every week, and per pursuit o f the old men. One escaped, ject, the United States has a larger the murder o f Conrad o f Hohenstnufen rican merchant were capable of this, what haps oftener. I f business goes well I may number o f hogs In proportion to its by Charles o f Anjou In eleven hundred might he not be capable of? Was hls come down and stay for some time. hut the other was overtaken in about 100 yards, and the vicious beast trans population than Australia, New Zea and something.’’ word to be depended on under any circum Whether 1 do or not may depend upon fixed him through the back, the pro land, Canada or Argentina, but the stances? And what sort of firm must you.” number of beef cattle to the thousand T h e t c llt t r r . Rebecca Taylforth started and uttered truding tusk plowing deeply into the this be, which turned so fair a side to the o f population Is smallest in the Unit I met her while crossing the street. world and in which he had embarked his an exclamation of surprise. “ How can soil. “ The furious animal then proceeded ed States. Hides, however, have been fortune. All these thoughts Hashed it depend upon me?” she asked eagerly. Her cheeks have a wonderful glow ; She is pretty and stylish and neat. “ W ell,” said Ezra, in a hesitating .way, to rip Its victim to pieces, splitting one declining In price in this country. thiough his mind as he listened to the Under the present revenue law goat gossip of the garrulous old sea dogs. A “ it may depend upon whether you are a leg from buttock to calf and an arm But her glance is g positive blow ; For she screws up her features, as greater shock still, however, was in store good girl, and do what you are told or from shoulder to wrist. He Just lived skins. calfskins, kips, horse hides and not. I am sure that you would do any other raw material for tanning come though •or him. long enough to urge his friend to fly She hated the sight of s male. Von Baumser had been listening to the thing at all to serve me, would you not?” back to the kraal, or no one would be In free o f duty, but there is a tax o f “ You know very well that I would. Mis And I shrink— though inquiry will show conversation with an amused look upon 15 per cent on hides o f adult beef cat le ft to tell the tale. She is merely adjusting her veil. his good-humored face. "Ah J” said he, ter Ezra. When you want anything done tle. Notwithstanding this fact the ex “ W e are told that In strict self-de you remember it, but if you have no use suddenly striking in. “ I will tefl you ports o f shoes have increased from To see her at home is s treat something of your own firm which per for me then there is never a kind look fense they may be fired upon. Are we 493,027 pairs, valued at $590,574 In That only -the fair can bestow ; haps you do not know. Have you heard on your face or a kind word from ycur then to w ait until one of the brutes 1893, to 6,326.527 pairs, valued at $11,- I could stand your harshness. I is In the act o f charging upon us ere A t the play she is perfectly sweet. that Mr. Ezra Girdlestone is about to be lips. could stand the blow you gave me, and we pull a hasty trigger, which is more 658,323, In 1907. But abroad she’s the picture o f woe. married?” forgive you for it, from my heart, but oh ! See her lips, how they twist to and frof B e tter than S ca recrow «. likely than not to be our last? Aud “ T o be married !** it cut me to the very soul to be standing Is she suffering pain? Is she pale “ Oh, yes; 1 have heard it this morning v According to recent experiments by by and waiting while you were making what is the use o f firing at one angry W ith physical anguish? Not so— at Eckermann’s office. I think it is the known others are Stan lias Tetard. a w idely up to another womau. It was more than elephant when several She is merely adjusting her veil. talk of the city.” standing by ready to take up the cause French Agriculturist, wheat nnd other I can bear.” “ Who’s the gal?” Miggs asked, with cereals c m be protected against the I f she sticks out her tongue when you “ Never mind, my girl,” said Ezra in a o f their companion if It docs fall? languid interest. ravages o f ci4»ws, which are particu meet. “ It Is popularly supposed that ele “ I ditremember her name,” Von Baum- soothing voice. “ That’s all over and done w ith. See what I’ve brought you.” He phants w ill not attack a human being larly fond o f the grain when its sprouts Don’t think you’ re insulted, and go. set answered. " I t is a girl the major has rummaged in his pocket aud produced a If she gasps like s fish in the heat unless they are molested by h im ; but are Just pushing above the ground, by met— the young lady who has lived in the little parcel o f tissue paper, which he they w ill Invariably do so if the herd treating the seeds before they are Don’t run for assistance— go slow. same house, and is what they call a handed to her. W ith practice, you’ll probably grow warder.” contains any calves. A price Is set sown with a mixture o f coni tar, petro Quite hardened, and not even quail It was only a small silver anchor, with “ Not— not his ward?” cried Tom, Scotch pebbles inlaid in it. 'The woman’s upon the head o f lions— beasts that leum and phenic add. This treatment, At the sight, but may tell yourself, “ Oh, springing to his feet and turning as white eyes, however, flashed as she looked at it, rarely initiate an attack upon human which delays the growth o f ¿he seed for She is merely adjusting her veil!” aa a sheet. “ Not Miss Ilarston? You and she raised it to her lips and kissed it beings, and whose depredations are a day o r two, but causes no damage, don't tell me that he is going to marry passionately. On the loveliest countenance, lo ! generally confined to cattle kraals nnd imparts an odor which Is Insufferable Miss Ilarston?” “ What am I to do down at Beds- spans o f donkeys. Why. then, should to the crows, but which disappears This hideous serpent must trail. "That is the name. Miss Ilarston it is. worth?” she asked. Is it toothache? Mumps? Chewing gum? elephants, which In this distrust are a after the sprouts have attained a larg sure enough.” “ I want you to be Miss Harston’s com " I t is a lie— an infamous lie !'* Tom panion. She’ll be lonely, and will need much greater scourge than lions, be er growth, when they are uo longer She is merely adjusting her veil! subject to attack. protected, and the killing o f oue be » cried, hotly. seme other woman in the house to look — Puck. _______________ “ So it may be,” Von Baumser answered after her.” criminal offense?” R em ed y fo r B rittle H o o f«. serenely. “ I do but say what I have T h e T im e fo r n isep p ea rtn v. "You are still thinking of her, then! For brittle hoofs In a horse— even H ard to Open. T h e seamy side o f modern Inventions heard, and heard more than once on good She must have this ; »he must have that ! when so brittle that they w ill not hold • “ Rich, isn’ t he?” Everything else is as dirt before her. I ’ll Is touched upon la the Toronto Globe authority.” a shoe— the follow ing Is reported as an “ I f It is tnie there is villainy in It,” not serve her— so there! You can knock “ Fabulously.” story below : excellent rem edy: T w o parts oil o f tar “ W here did he get it?” An old fisherman was rowing In his ctied Tom. with wild eyes, “ the blackest me down if you like.” villainy that ever was done upon earth. "Rebecca,” said Ezra slowly, “ do you “ H e’s the man who applied the car- with one part balsam o f fir, mixed and boat one day when an automobile canoe I ’ ll go— I ’ll see him to-night. I shall bate Kate Ilarston''” window principle to doors of safes and applied every other night to the e x sprung a leak near him, and immediate know the truth!” lie rushed furiously “ From the bottom o f my aoul,” ahe safety deposit vaults, making them ab treme top o f hoof. One who has tried ly sank. downstairs and through the bar. There answered. it says that in six weeks be «cared solutely burglar proof.**— Houston T o the Indignation o f the canoe’s oc was a cab near the door. “ Drive into "W ell, if you hate her, I tell you that completely a case as above. _______ _________ cupants, the old man paid no heed to London I” he cried ; “ 69 Eccleston square. I hate her a thousand times more. You Post. them, but rowed calmly on his way. I am on fire to be there !** The cabman thought that I was fond of her. A ll Pa'a E xperien ce. H »K R ain in g la S iberia. H owever, the wrecked canoeists man sprang on the box, and they rattler! away that is over now, and you may aet your L ittle W illie — Say, pn, what 1» ■ Efforts have been made In Siberia to aged to swim to him, and ns they clam as fast as the horse would go. Long be mind at ease.” scheme? fore reaching No. 69 he had opened the Improve nnd extend the breeding of “ Why do you want her so well cared bered Into his boat, one o f them splut I*a— A scheme, my »on, I* somethin« door and was standing upon the step. for then?” asked the girl suspiciously. swine, with a view to make the ani tered : that usually falls through shortly The instant that the cab pulled up he “ I want some one who feels towards mals and the pork products an article ••Confound It, why didn’t you lend ns sprang off, and rang loudly at the great her as I do to be by her side. I f ahe after you InTest money .In IL fo r exportation. The vast Siberian a hand? Couldn’ t you see that we were brass bell which flanked the heavy door. w ire never to come back from Bedsworth nick Hetnrn* plains offer favorable conditions for “ Is Mr. Girdlestone in?” he asked, as it would be nothing to me.” sinking?** Tomson— W m Dr. Puff-« treatment raising swine stock, among which the a maid appeared at the door. T h e fisherman stared hard at them. “ What makes you look at me so o f your rich nncle satisfactory? cheap grain and the plentiful residue “ No, sir.” “ Blessed i f I didn’t think ye was one strangely ?” ahe said, shrinking away from Johnson— Quite ao. I came Into th« o f the butter production are particu “ Miss Ilarston. Is she at home?” he his intense gsze. & them new-fangled submarines,” s*id larly Im portant The Siberian stock •aid excitedly. “ Never mind. You go. You will under fortune recently. he, gravely. raisers bare now commenced to con “ ^ N o , sir. They have both gone away.” stand many things in time which seem T h « speed o f the otter ander w ater 1« strange to yon now. At present if you “ Gone a w ay!” serve th? pork and Intend to sell it in Some actresses look upon matrimony No fiah can g *t a w a j “ Yes. Gone into the country, sir. And will do what I ask you will obligj me lightning Ilk*. foreign m arket* tm a sort of progressive gam s fr o n I t Me. Kara, to* air.' grratly. W ill 7*s « o r Income Is through crime would be rar greater. Technicalities are ror the purpose or getting men out o f Jail, not for getting them In. When people look for trouble, some sort o f esoteric Intuition leads them right to the spot Perhaps that Ontario ben that laid Its egg at the bottom o f a well was advised to lay low. “ Dr. Wendel declares that men are more beautiful than women." Doctor, you make us blush. Kocbette, the Paris swindler, was once a waiter. T h e processes o f evolu tion are alow, but sure. No woman would ever agree to the proposition o f not saving anything un til she had something to say. Paderewski’s w ife has paid $7,1500 for four chickens. The curious thing shout It Is that she didn't get them In a fash ionable restaurant. “ Ohio Scientist Dies In Q (Internala W hile Studying Flora," reads a head line In an exchange. Flora must have resented bis Inquisitiveness. A Louisiana Congressman rend an original poem o f eight stanzas In the House the other day aud escaped un harmed. The other members escaped first. Mine. Oould says she has hud all the matrimony she wants. She ought to rn- memlier, however, that there are some much better brands than the kind all» tried. A widower In Longport, N. J., mar ried hla housekeeper In order to keep her In the family. He had a mistaken Idea, perhaps, that he w'as doing some thing strtklug and novel. That suppressed exel terrient In agri cultural r iffle s grows out o f tw o star tling facta Long Island farmers have organized a potato trust, aud a C alifor nia Chlnamau has produced an odor less onion. Perhaps the new gun that shoots 2,000,000 bullets an hour will be a use ful adjunct to higher civilization, but It doesn't appear as If there would be much left for It to shoot at after the first hour or so. The Washington bank president con victed under the pure-food law o f sell ing a headache cure containing danger ous drug» blames the President for bis conviction. Mr. Roosevelt's friends sin cerely hope lie Is guilty. “ He never said, ‘Oo, boys,’ b (t al ways ‘Come, boys,' " was the splendid eulogy that Bishop Potter pronounced over the body o f a New York fireman who lost his life on duty. Rut such heroism as hla Is not unusual In the fire department, for it Is true, ns the chief o f the brave man says, flint ev ery fireman knows that he risks his life at every big fire, aud does Ills duty In spite o f It. It Iras been supposed that smoking makes such slaves o f Its victims that they rarely seek to lighten the yoke. National figures In regard to the to bacco Industry Indicate the contrary. When the financial panic o f last Octo- lier appeared, the production o f cigars decreased s hundred and forty-six mill ions In a single month, and In Decem- l>er dropped off to the extent o f another hundred million. The manufactura of cigarettes was also greatl.v lessened. There was evidently a desire to econ- Nnlze, If not to break off the habit. Valerias Oflba.yedoff, w I k > died re cently In Pnrls, wns called "the father o f newspaper Illustration.'' The prac tice o f Illustrating news articles was, of course, common to many weekly papers long liefore Mr. Orlbayedoff reached New York In the early eighties; hut It was he who first saw and mas tered the difficulty o f making illustra tions for the dallies, and his work gave an enormous Impetus to what may be called the graphic reporting o f news. Through no fault o f the distinguished Russian artist, his Innovation also gave Impetus, i f not origin, to a new kind of "fak in g"— the “ Illustration” "drawn from telegraphic reports," which, as the New York Nation remarks, might as well be drawn from the Imagination. Many o f the so-called newspnper “ ar tists'’ o f the day might profitably study the faithful work and the admirable skill which Mr. Orlbayedoff put Into his drawings. Judge Whltmsn declares that In hla Judicial experience he never knew n hardened criminal to reform, and he rites the ehaplaln o f one o f the grent State prison« as admitting that all e f forts to save habitual criminals are wasted. Judge Whitman even fixes JtO as the age after which the hope o f re formation la groundless, and any exten sion o f mercy a mistake. He Insists that our treatment o f hardened crimi nals la far too easy for the protection o f the public from them, and for tins mistaken good nature o f our Jurors lie blames the system which allows so long a time to elapse between tire com mission o f a crime and the trial o f tin men arrested for It. His Illustration Is the overcrowded Tombs prison lu Manhattan, but be exempts the District Attorney o f New York County from re- spofeslblllty for the condition there The effect o f the delay Is to make peo ple forget the crime, ao that when the trial come* the one personal appeal tn the ease Is o f sympathy for the prison er who must face a long term In prison, o r perhaps the electric chair. If the Jury Is severe with him. I f trials could be held when the crime wns still fresh enough In the public mind to excite boiror. Judge Whitman believes that our verdicts would be fa r Ices foolish ly soft hearted and the protection of aadety from men whose only eoores o f The Firm of Girdlestone i J jS c ., P rep a ra tio n o f Seed Bed. It Is always a questionable practice to crop newly broken sod In a dry year. The sod usually contains but little moisture, aud the process o f breaking causes one to lose an appreciable por tion o f It, says a Colorado bulletin. Suggestive plan : Plow sod land not leas than three nor more than five Inches deep, turning sod down as flat ns possi ble, and thus prevent Its drying out too soon. Follow as closely with disc har row as practicable, aud this with some form o f packer, either single or double roll. This w ill level the sod land above, and firm the soil lu the lower portion o f the furrow slice, restoring the capil larity where plowing has arrested It. T M * firmed under-surface soil is thus ensMod to draw moisture from below and give good, normal root develop ment. Follow up the packer with eith er an acme or a good smoothing har row to produce a good earth mulch to arrest surface capillarity and check evai>orntion o f soil moisture. Follow with the seeder. AU small grain should be drilled In with a press-wheeled drill, followed up with a good spike-toothed or smoothing harrow. It Is almost nec essary that all tillage operations on sod be with the furrows rather than across them to avoid tearing up the sod and drying out your seed bed. Do not seed broadcast Make each tillage op eration thorough— plowing, disking, firming, barrowing and seeding. When the new crop Is up, cross bar row to prevent tbs formation o f m crust, aud givin g the young crop a cultivation. Follow up each rain with a good harrowing as long as character o f crop w ill permit. Early In June prepare seed bed for the fall and follow ing spring’s seeding. T ry to hereafter seed only ou ground w h '-’i has been given "summer culture” treatm ent Remember that roots o f all cultivate ed crops make their best growth when you provide: A firm mellow. A warm mellow. Soil well supplied with plant food. A ventilated. A m oist Methods o f farm ing which ( a ) con serve the moisture, (b ) prepure a good seed bed, (c ) reduce the evaporation to as near the minimum as possible, (d ) use good vital acclimated seed, ( e ) employ a crop rotation which has stock foods prominent, contain at least one money crop ( f ) and practice thor ough tillage o f the ground, often tide the farm er over bad years aud insure hls success lu good years. F le et rocn tin g A n im a l«. The slaughtering of animals for food by electrocution is being experimented by Dr. Leduc, a French scientist, who has been conducting his Investigations In the French abattoirs. He has been using the intermittent low-tension cur rents and says he is satisfied that the system is painless, the central func tions o f perception being first destroyed nnd then those o f circulation and res piration, so that there is neither suf fering nor reaction In the animals thus killed. The doctor is endeavoring to devise some piece o f apparatus by which the killing o f cattle may be ac complished by electricity with economy aud celerity. Feed fo r H orae«. A colt or horse w ill lire and develop on good hay alone. lie w ill thrive bet ter upon a two-third ration o f hay aud the rest straw. I f given a ration of oats with these he w ill still do better. I f this grain ration w ill be changed occasionally to corn ami bran, ground barley, etc., the advantages o f a mixed ration w ill be strongly In evidence. D a iry Jolllnai*. Stock need» plenty of light. Insuffi cient light In the barn make* the plac« unhealthy. C alve» need salt a » much a* older Rtock, and It Is a mistake not to keep It before them at all times. I f <he teat» o f the cow have • ten dency to be »o re or dry, rub a little pure vaseline ou them. T h e Iow a State D airy Commission has discovered that it takes from 0 to 12 cents to make a pound o f butter. One w riter estimated that $100 worth o f butter bear» o ff from the soil less o f Its valuable elements than 5 cents" worth o f hay. When confined to the stable cow , should be watered at least twice a day. The w ater should be clean and th « chill taken from IL Grooming dues much to quiet the cow and gain her confidence, aud experi ment» »how that from to 8 per cent may be gained In milk and fat production by regular grooming. A case 1» related o f a valuable cow being cured o f a bad case o f bloat, produced from eating apple», by a dose o f tw o tablespoonfuls o f gunpowder. The same remedy also cured a bad case caused by dry clover. It never pays to use a cheap gra d « o f »a lt In butter. I f you have barrel gait fo r table use. buy a little flne salt to be used, especially In salting the but ter. Barrel salt Is too coarse and i l l » solve» too »low ly to make good butter salt. Some cows are not good fo r much ex cept to raise calves. The quantity o f milk is all right, and It seems to rat ten ca lv e« as well as that which 1» but* ter f a t A poor quality o f milk also seems to make hogs thrive, but It won't make butter. The c o w s body is warmed by tha food It consume«, and If through ex posure to cold or rain the tem peratur« o f the body 1» reduced, more food la required to keep up the Inside warmth, and If the demand for food fuel la kept up, ltttl« or none la left fo r milk p ro d u etto*